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Medium ELSA-2026-89749 1 CVE

Moderate: xz security update (Oracle Linux 9)

Published Oct 26, 2026 · Updated Oct 26, 2026

Summary

[5.2.5-8.1]
- Fix: a buffer overflow in lzma_index_append()
- Add test for the issue above (needs a special build config to actually fail -> does not fail in our environment)
- Resolves: CVE-2026-34743

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 9 xz 0:5.2.5-8.el9_8.1
Oracle Linux · 9 xz-devel 0:5.2.5-8.el9_8.1
Oracle Linux · 9 xz-libs 0:5.2.5-8.el9_8.1
Oracle Linux · 9 xz-lzma-compat 0:5.2.5-8.el9_8.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Low 1.7

    XZ Utils: Buffer overflow in lzma_index_append()

    XZ Utils provide a general-purpose data-compression library plus command-line tools. Prior to version 5.8.3, if lzma_index_decoder() was used to decode an Index that contained no Records, the resulting lzma_index was left in a state where where a subsequent l…